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Phaser – Desktop and Mobile HTML5 Game Framework

114 points by NoahBuscher 13y ago

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bitsoda 13y ago
Some guy is using this framework to make a game a week. His third game is particularly addictive, yet very simple. Check them out: http://www.lessmilk.com/ http://www.lessmilk.com/
- eviluncle 13y ago
  that's pretty awesome, thanks!
- lessmilk 13y ago
  I'm the guy making the games, thanks for mentioning my project! Let me know if you have any questions.
  - k__ 13y ago
    Is the documentation of Phaser okay?
  - robmate 13y ago
    Give us some feedback about Phaser
  - bitsoda 13y ago
    No problem! Thanks for investing time into the project -- I'm sure it's a lot of work, and I'm sure the community really appreciates it. I enjoyed your tutorial and look forward to a few more :P
zura 13y ago
TypeScript support makes me want to take a closer look.
duiker101 13y ago
This looks very interesting, I will definitely have to take a better look later.
CrowderSoup 13y ago
This looks awesome. I'm definitely going to have to take a closer look.
annnnd 13y ago
Let me be original: This looks great. I will definitely take a closer look later. </sarcasm>
- nsayay 13y ago
  Indeed. It's a bit hard to swallow when the phaser front page doesn't work properly on my mobile.
didsomeonesay 13y ago
It's a great tool if you go for a game that fits this framework - 2D, sprites, tilemaps, physics, ... e.g. a platformer. After experimenting a little with phaser, i realized i don't need a full game framework, and now feel better served by pixi.js or ivank.js.
kibibu 13y ago
We've been using Phaser to migrate a bunch of education games from Flixel/Flash to HTML5. Absolutely recommended. The latest version (1.2) is currently in testing and has now integrated Pixi.js 1.5.
izietto 13y ago
Why did they use the Sublime Text icon to indicate Javascript O.O
- rpsw 13y ago
  The Visual Studio icon is a poor choice for TypeScript as well.
jtheory 13y ago
What browsers/versions to they support? I'm looking for something that I can use to rebuild a bunch of Java applets, but I need good audio support, and good cross-browser support as well. Their mobile focus would be a nice bonus, but I'm not sure I can use it if they don't support even modern IE, for example... a lot of people use IE (unfortunately IE8/9 are still quite common as well, though I might be able to get away with lacking support for those), and won't install a new browser just for my site.
- jtheory 13y ago
  Ah! I found a bit more info on the github site: https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser#requirements https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser#requirements > Games created with Phaser require a modern web browser that supports the canvas tag. This includes Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. It also works on mobile web browsers including stock Android 2.x browser and above and iOS5 Mobile Safari and above.
rufugee 13y ago
So as an experienced developer with no game dev experience, is something like Phaser (or other frameworks, like Corona) a good place to start, or should I start with something more minimal? I really want to pick up 2d gaming so that I can develop a few fun games for my kids (and teach them in the process), but am unsure if I should start with a very minimalistic, low level set of libraries or a full stack... Any advice is very welcome. Oh, and it'd be great if I could do all of this from Linux. That's one of the big drawbacks of things like Corona, which require either Mac OS or Windows. (edit, corrected wording)
- drhayes9 13y ago
  Yup, it's pretty much a perfect place to start. Browsers are ubiquitous, 2d gaming is pretty easy to understand and get started with, and the results can be surprisingly addictive despite their simplicity: http://www.lessmilk.com http://www.lessmilk.com Developing your own game engine that suits your needs in JS would be pretty instructive as well. There are a metric ton of JS game engines out there, many of them open source, so you can see what tradeoffs they made with respect to performance, quality, etc, while developing your own. It's really not hard to get stuff drawing on the screen with JS and canvas. I could imagine writing a game with your kids that uses Phaser to get them started, then figuring out something Phaser can't do (or doesn't do well) and showing them how to open the code, read it, grok it, change it, etc. Very cool.
  - rufugee 13y ago
    Thanks very much for your reply. Now, if only I could develop a stomach for javascript. I've really, really tried. However, phaser appears to support Typescript, which might just make it palatable. I'll give it a go.
theg2 13y ago
We did a mini multiplayer platformer in this over a weekend. It was pretty simple to setup but if you aren't familiar with properly setting up JS applications you're going to hit a wall eventually with your code (luckily we had someone incredibly smart to help us). The idea of cross platform and in the browser is nice, but if I had to do it again I'd probably go for something desktop or app focused.
bluepill 13y ago
I'm using it since v0.95 and it's getting better and better. I made a yeoman generator for generating "phaser game" projects quickly (JS only sorry).
Fishrock123 13y ago
Using this framework right now -- it is quite excellent. Full of features, and with great, constant support. Also, it runs ontop of the Pixi.js renderer, meaning it is super, super fast.
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Fundlab 13y ago
Awesome.! This will get me trying my hands on something else

114 points by NoahBuscher 13y ago

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Some guy is using this framework to make a game a week. His third game is particularly addictive, yet very simple. Check them out: http://www.lessmilk.com/ http://www.lessmilk.com/

eviluncle 13y ago
that's pretty awesome, thanks!
lessmilk 13y ago
I'm the guy making the games, thanks for mentioning my project! Let me know if you have any questions.
- k__ 13y ago
  Is the documentation of Phaser okay?
- robmate 13y ago
  Give us some feedback about Phaser
- bitsoda 13y ago
  No problem! Thanks for investing time into the project -- I'm sure it's a lot of work, and I'm sure the community really appreciates it. I enjoyed your tutorial and look forward to a few more :P

zura 13y ago

TypeScript support makes me want to take a closer look.

duiker101 13y ago

This looks very interesting, I will definitely have to take a better look later.

CrowderSoup 13y ago

This looks awesome. I'm definitely going to have to take a closer look.

annnnd 13y ago

Let me be original: This looks great. I will definitely take a closer look later. </sarcasm>

nsayay 13y ago
Indeed. It's a bit hard to swallow when the phaser front page doesn't work properly on my mobile.

didsomeonesay 13y ago

It's a great tool if you go for a game that fits this framework - 2D, sprites, tilemaps, physics, ... e.g. a platformer. After experimenting a little with phaser, i realized i don't need a full game framework, and now feel better served by pixi.js or ivank.js.

kibibu 13y ago

We've been using Phaser to migrate a bunch of education games from Flixel/Flash to HTML5. Absolutely recommended. The latest version (1.2) is currently in testing and has now integrated Pixi.js 1.5.

izietto 13y ago

Why did they use the Sublime Text icon to indicate Javascript O.O

rpsw 13y ago
The Visual Studio icon is a poor choice for TypeScript as well.

jtheory 13y ago

What browsers/versions to they support? I'm looking for something that I can use to rebuild a bunch of Java applets, but I need good audio support, and good cross-browser support as well. Their mobile focus would be a nice bonus, but I'm not sure I can use it if they don't support even modern IE, for example... a lot of people use IE (unfortunately IE8/9 are still quite common as well, though I might be able to get away with lacking support for those), and won't install a new browser just for my site.

jtheory 13y ago
Ah! I found a bit more info on the github site: https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser#requirements https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser#requirements > Games created with Phaser require a modern web browser that supports the canvas tag. This includes Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. It also works on mobile web browsers including stock Android 2.x browser and above and iOS5 Mobile Safari and above.

rufugee 13y ago

So as an experienced developer with no game dev experience, is something like Phaser (or other frameworks, like Corona) a good place to start, or should I start with something more minimal? I really want to pick up 2d gaming so that I can develop a few fun games for my kids (and teach them in the process), but am unsure if I should start with a very minimalistic, low level set of libraries or a full stack... Any advice is very welcome. Oh, and it'd be great if I could do all of this from Linux. That's one of the big drawbacks of things like Corona, which require either Mac OS or Windows. (edit, corrected wording)

drhayes9 13y ago
Yup, it's pretty much a perfect place to start. Browsers are ubiquitous, 2d gaming is pretty easy to understand and get started with, and the results can be surprisingly addictive despite their simplicity: http://www.lessmilk.com http://www.lessmilk.com Developing your own game engine that suits your needs in JS would be pretty instructive as well. There are a metric ton of JS game engines out there, many of them open source, so you can see what tradeoffs they made with respect to performance, quality, etc, while developing your own. It's really not hard to get stuff drawing on the screen with JS and canvas. I could imagine writing a game with your kids that uses Phaser to get them started, then figuring out something Phaser can't do (or doesn't do well) and showing them how to open the code, read it, grok it, change it, etc. Very cool.
- rufugee 13y ago
  Thanks very much for your reply. Now, if only I could develop a stomach for javascript. I've really, really tried. However, phaser appears to support Typescript, which might just make it palatable. I'll give it a go.

theg2 13y ago

We did a mini multiplayer platformer in this over a weekend. It was pretty simple to setup but if you aren't familiar with properly setting up JS applications you're going to hit a wall eventually with your code (luckily we had someone incredibly smart to help us). The idea of cross platform and in the browser is nice, but if I had to do it again I'd probably go for something desktop or app focused.

bluepill 13y ago

I'm using it since v0.95 and it's getting better and better. I made a yeoman generator for generating "phaser game" projects quickly (JS only sorry).

Fishrock123 13y ago

Using this framework right now -- it is quite excellent. Full of features, and with great, constant support. Also, it runs ontop of the Pixi.js renderer, meaning it is super, super fast.

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Fundlab 13y ago

Awesome.! This will get me trying my hands on something else